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theBastard wrote:looks interesting and I also like graphic. here is very similar map in beta now viewtopic.php?f=64&t=100667
some notices:
1, Cape Colony could be continent divided to two bonus areas
2, the ports could be in another regions as capitals - there is bonus for holding capitals and also for ports, so these regions have "double" bonus.
3, add more mountains
4, why just one boat has autodeploy?
grifftron wrote:This is pretty cool, looking forward to seeing what you will turn this into!
Industrial Helix wrote:Was Mozambique and Namibia even in the Second Boer War?
MrBenn wrote:The travel agent down the road from my work has a big poster in the window for South Africa with something about Rorke's Drift and 11 Victoria Crosses... it made me think of this map (and yes, I do know that Rorke's Drift was 20 years before the Second Boer War)...
You've got a good colour-scheme going on, and there are definite signs of promise here - this really is a good start to your journey through the foundry
My biggest concern really to start is that the small map is almost illegible. Is there any way you can make the land-mass fill more of the map? At the moment you're using about 1/3 of the map for the legend, which is really a bit on the big side. If we can get the layout better, then we can start to think about some way of making the map less of an open free-for-all. Are there any battle lines or anything that can be used as impassables to help give some protection? What about natural features such as rivers, mountains etc?
CJ Lues wrote:Industrial Helix wrote:Was Mozambique and Namibia even in the Second Boer War?
helix, Mozambique and Namibia was not in the Second Boer War...
Industrial Helix wrote:CJ Lues wrote:Industrial Helix wrote:Was Mozambique and Namibia even in the Second Boer War?
helix, Mozambique and Namibia was not in the Second Boer War...
I didn't think so... you might want to remove them from the map then.
CJ Lues wrote:Here is my latest version...
CJ Lues wrote:MrBenn, how do you think sould i make the land-mass bigger?
MrBenn wrote:CJ Lues wrote:Here is my latest version...
It usually helps to give us a quick run-down on the things you have amedned/adjusted/altered, to help point people in the direction and cut down the amount of time we have to spend trying to work out what has changedCJ Lues wrote:MrBenn, how do you think sould i make the land-mass bigger?
For starters, I would cut down on the white space at the edge of the map, and move some of the legend space around to give me more space for actual map... something like this perhaps:
It's worth noting that this is set up to be around 840px wide, which is at the limit for the large map. You'll need to make sure that everything is legible on the small map too, at 630px wide. Personally I would work on a large-sized image but resize it regularly to ensure things fit and are visible on a smaller image too
Industrial Helix wrote:Maybe its my eyesight or maybe cause its morning... but does a lot of this map seem blurry to anyone else but me?
natty_dread wrote:Industrial Helix wrote:Maybe its my eyesight or maybe cause its morning... but does a lot of this map seem blurry to anyone else but me?
It seems a bit blurry to me too. Part of it is probably because of the jpg format...
natty_dread wrote:You can put them in whatever corner you want.
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